Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-27
LITERARY LEAVES.

BALLoU's MAGAZINE have re-
ceiyed this well-lnown publication for
February. Nothing is more notable
about this periodical than it's constant
improvement under its new manage
mcHt giving nearly one hE.ia.ed
pages. eacn month, OF the choicest lit
erature 1t should be in every family,
IL, its price. s;i 30 per year, lnhaeS il one
of the cheapest and best publications
OF its kind, III the country. IL is print
ed on the best of paper, with handsome
type; and contains entertaining, i'll
structiye and amusing reading Tor all.
Now is the time TO subscribe for this
popular magazine. Published by G..
w. STUDLEY, Boston, Mass.
"IIere is truly family Magazine"
This is what we exclaimed after look
ing through Demorests Monthly for
February. The departments III TINS ar
tlstic magazine make it peculiarly well
come in the family circle. Home Art
and Home Comfort" tells how to make
home beautiful and comfortable:
"IIousehOld" assists in the work in the
house from garnet to kitchen; "Our
Girls" gives practical hints TO the rising
generation. The information in the
Correspondence Club" must be inter-
esting to the subscribers. as it is ans
wers TO their own questions. The Mir
ror of Fashions" must be perfect re-
Election Of the prevailing styles. for who
can know them better than Nine. DEM
crest? what Women are Doing" is
always interesting to women; The
Worlds Progress gives passing events
in nut shell, so that busy women can
grasp them i'll few moments; and
prohibition" deals aflirmatively with
this great moral question. The stories
are of a high order. The articles on in
teresting subjects are very clcverly
written by the best authors. and the IL
Illustrations are very fine. The steel en-
craving Cupid is especially appropri-
ate at this valentine season. Published
by w. Jennings Demorest, II east 18th
ST., New York.
LIPPINCoTT'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
a complete new novel by Miss NJ. q.
McClelland, whose "Oblivion" placed
her among the most promising OF the
younger American authors. is the lead
ing attraction Of Lippincott'S Maya
zine for February. The hero, 10y birth
a Virginian of humble origin. returns
| in maturity to his native town after
having made fortune in the west, and
| gains an uncertain fOothold among the
local aristocracy. His shrewdness, his
common sense, his humorous percep-
| ton of the foibles OF his fellow towns
men, his dissatisfaction, and his in
herent coarseness, glorified, however by
| Il tender vein of sentiment, make him
as striking study as Daudets Nabob
| The other characters are well drawn
| and the plot is fresh and unconventional
Another delightful piece of fiction is
'Rothenburg Felicity" a translation
by Mrs. a. l.. Wister. latter the Ger.
man of Paul Heyse' Robert Grant
| furnishes q dialogue. 1.-Two ways OF tel
ling story" i'll which the representa-
ives of two different schools of art, the
ideal and the real. have an amusing
quarrel The literary autobiography
which is regular feature of Lippin
colts, is furnished this month by JOIN
Burroughs. under the title of Mere
Egotism." it is frank. readable paper
and gives much interesting informa
ton as to this charming authors liter
airy career and methods of work. Chas
+. l.. Wingate contributes notabl,
article entitled "Our Actors and thei
Preferences" He has written to tn,
leading actors of England and Americ;
EDWIN Booth. Henry Irving. Wilson
Barrett, Lawrence Barrett. MOdjeska
Clara Morris, Fanny Davenport, etc
inquiring what are the parts they pre-
fer to play and the lines they like thu
best. Their answers are published IL
the article. and are varied and enter
taing. William y. Curtis contribute
bit of personal gossip entitled a Da.
with the President" giving viviC
picture of the daily life of Presiden
and Mrs. Cleveland. The department
are as bright as ever. and good poetr,
is furnished by \. W. IL. and {. ii
Crandall.